AUTHOR'S BIO
Nadine Gordimer
Nobel laureate in literature.
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The Heart of Reconstruction
Nadine Gordimer Series: The World in Words 1997-02-21Opposition to dictatorship can be a mighty catalyst in art and literature. Vaclav Havel rose to the presidency of the Czech Republic through the power of his essays. No matter how wayward his pronouncements may be today, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn carries still the halo of his damnations of, and revelations about, the gulag. But what becomes of an artist who drew inspiration from ideological opposition when the artist’s opponent is defeated or disappears? What role must he or she play after liberation comes? Nadine Gordimer, the South African Nobel laureate in literature, asks and attempts to answer these questions. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 3707
